The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Crew - Ralph the Rover - The Shetlands - Scalloway Castle - Lerwick - Hard Times - Hialtlandia - Over - Greedi- ness - Fin Whales - Right Whales - Whales ' Food - Adven- tures with Whales . PAGE 1 33 53 CHAPTER II . Troubles in the Ice ...
... Crew - Ralph the Rover - The Shetlands - Scalloway Castle - Lerwick - Hard Times - Hialtlandia - Over - Greedi- ness - Fin Whales - Right Whales - Whales ' Food - Adven- tures with Whales . PAGE 1 33 53 CHAPTER II . Troubles in the Ice ...
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... crew . It is now well established that there is not the slightest chance of finding any commercial route in high north lati- tudes which is likely to supersede those at present in use ; and we have learnt all , or nearly all , that it ...
... crew . It is now well established that there is not the slightest chance of finding any commercial route in high north lati- tudes which is likely to supersede those at present in use ; and we have learnt all , or nearly all , that it ...
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... crew mutinied , and he and a few others were turned adrift in a small boat . Nothing more was heard of them . In 1612 , Sir Thomas Button , accompanied by Bylot and Prickett , explored portions of Southampton Island and Hudson's Bay ...
... crew mutinied , and he and a few others were turned adrift in a small boat . Nothing more was heard of them . In 1612 , Sir Thomas Button , accompanied by Bylot and Prickett , explored portions of Southampton Island and Hudson's Bay ...
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... crew , he was unable to ascend these sounds , and was compelled to make for the coast of Greenland . His report of the great abundance of whale in Davis ' Strait led to the whale fishery there . Meuck's voyage to Hudson's Bay in 1619 ...
... crew , he was unable to ascend these sounds , and was compelled to make for the coast of Greenland . His report of the great abundance of whale in Davis ' Strait led to the whale fishery there . Meuck's voyage to Hudson's Bay in 1619 ...
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... crew must have explored or seen portions of North Somerset , Prince of Wales's Island , Boothia Felix , and King Wil- liam's Island , on or near which most of the crew died in the spring of 1848. As no news could be gleaned , search ...
... crew must have explored or seen portions of North Somerset , Prince of Wales's Island , Boothia Felix , and King Wil- liam's Island , on or near which most of the crew died in the spring of 1848. As no news could be gleaned , search ...
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